Tag Archives: censorship

The mammoth number of views received by the ประเทศกูมี video – more than 28 million – has caused more international attention to the nature of the military dictatorship and its rigged election. IHS Jane’s Country Risk Daily Report states that there is an “increased likelihood of NCPO [junta] intervention in Thailand’s political parties…”. Perhaps Jane’s […]

The Bangkok Post is blunt in its short report on the junta’s appointment of anti-democrat Buddhipongse Punnakanta as the new government spokesman, replacing Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd. Buddhipongse was a core member of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee. He was only appointed as the prime minister’s deputy secretary-general for political affairs just over a month […]

The Online Citizen has a post from Andrew MacGregor Marshall titled “Why is Facebook helping dictators?” He begins by noting Facebook’s “public relations campaign to counter accusations that the platform enables dangerous disinformation and hate speech,” and observes that in recent days “Facebook took some of its boldest steps yet to counter misuse of the […]

Anyone who has watched the junta’s boot grinding down political activism, one of the most noticeable and distasteful of its repressive efforts has been to establish vigilantism supporting military hired spies who police the internet for content the military dictators feel is threatening. This usually means online lese majeste although the junta has also bee […]

In the fallout following the Bangkok Post’s sacking/transfer of then editor Umesh Pandey, the Bangkok Post’s management first tried character assassination via other outlets. That seemed to produce little positive for the tycoons’ press. So they have now tried statements of “integrity” and “autonomy.” The statement is signed “The Editors of the Bangkok Post.” The […]

This morning the Bangkok Post had an editorial on press freedom: “Censorship must go.” Presumably this editorial was approved if not written by editor Umesh Pandey. Prompted by the suspension of Voice TV, the editorial said things like: Censorship by this regime began the day of the coup — May 22, 2014. At that time, […]

It has taken a long time but two journalists’ associations have finally called out the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. The Thai Journalists Association and Thai Broadcasting Journalists’ Association have opposed the NBTC’s decision to shut down Peace TV for one month.So far so good, but then it all unravels for the associations and their […]